---
title: "Watch This Tuned Audi RS3 Run a 10.55 Second Quarter-Mile"
description: "APR has turned the RS3 into a bona fide ten-second car with just a Stage 1 ECU tune."
date: "2017-10-28"
modified: "2017-10-28"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15557/watch-this-tuned-audi-rs3-run-a-10-55-second-quarter-mile"
categories:
  - "Audi News"
  - "News"
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  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Audi"
  - "Audi RS3"
  - "compact"
  - "Quarter Mile"
  - "RS3"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
  - "Videos"
---

# Watch This Tuned Audi RS3 Run a 10.55 Second Quarter-Mile

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If the [400 horsepower on tap in the 2018 Audi RS3](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/15127/2018-audi-rs3-review-behold-the-worlds-most-expensive-small-sedan>) isn't quite enough speed for you, [APR](<https://www.goapr.com/>) seemingly has just the thing. The Alabamian Audi tuners have released a clip of a Stage 1-tuned RS3 performing the quarter mile sprint in a supercar-shaming 10.55 seconds at 127.62 mph. That's faster than the firm's mighty R8 V10 Plus, which did the same distance in 10.6 seconds during a *[Motor Trend](<https://www.motortrend.com/cars/audi/r8/2017/2017-audi-r8-v10-plus-first-test-review/>)* test.

Want some more in-house perspective? Volkswagen Group's former fastest-car-in-the-world, the Bugatti Veyron, does the same exercise in 10.4 seconds, making it less than two-tenths faster than a Golf-based compact sedan with a mildly fettled ECU. What a time to be alive.

If this truly is just the tip of the 'roided-up-RS3 iceberg, we can't wait to see what this thing can do with even more extensive modifications. As a reference, [Integrated Engineering](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbzBQkB_2tk>)'s bone-stock RS3 did a 12.4-second quarter mile at 108 mph back in August.

https://youtube.com/embed/V1x-LbrP4Dg

The 2018 Audi RS3 starts at $55,875 and is powered by a 2.5-liter turbo five-cylinder. In stock form, it'll get from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and zoom onto a top speed of 174 mph with the Dynamic Plus Package checked off.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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